Lanny--I would like to clarify that the current "lead shot in dove hunting issue" was not brought forward by Sierra Club.  

One of Gov.  Branstad's 2011 appointees introduced the non-toxic shot amendment to the dove hunting rule that was before the NRC last year.  After discussion, the amendment for non-toxic shot passed unanimously.  To suggest that this was promoted by "anti-hunters" is not what happened.  The DNR's NRC is not and has not been anti-hunting, and neither is Sierra Club.  The DNR's Natural Resource Commission is and has been for as long as I know, made up of pro-hunting, pro-fishing members.  Over the past 20 years, the number of people on the NRC who would represent the "non-hunting" majority in this state is very small.   Commissioners are appointed by the Governor for 6-year terms.  

Sierra Club's current position is to oppose the legislative effort to overturn the DNR's NRC rule that required non-toxic shot for dove hunting.

The issue of lead shot for pheasant hunting is currently not an issue for NRC or the legislature.

Jane Clark

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Again, I would like you all to consider the issue more broadly than just the effect of lead.  This issue is pointlessly antagonizing hunters and diminishing the credibility of the Sierra Club.  If the motive wasn't simply revenge over the dove hunt, why isn't the Sierra Club demanding the end of lead shot for pheasant?  Lanny Schwartz

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